CHAPTER XXVI.

HOW THE QUARRY MEN OF KING GELIDUS CLEFT ASUNDER THE CRYSTAL

PRISON OF THE LITTLE MAN WITH THE FROZEN SMILE.—MY BITTER

DISAPPOINTMENT, AND HOW I BORE IT.—WONDERFUL HAPPENINGS OF THE

NIGHT THAT FOLLOWED.—BULGER AGAIN PROVES HIMSELF TO BE AN ANIMAL

OF EXTRAORDINARY SAGACITY. 176